will hold all the jack tools and the jack and will be rolled up and stuck inside the fix-a-flat compartment. (do you guys know that the 13 Leaf does not have the clips anymore to attach a jack to the car, they removed it entirely)

My plan was to put the spare tire in the trunk with my new car stereo layout:

Then I figured let me test out the spare before I do any additional work, I started to lift up the car and

when I removed the wheel I saw this gigantic void under the trunk floor! Damn i can put a spare in there with no problem.

But I did not want to remove that air diffuser. So I'll have to cut a flap out and hinge it so I can fold it down to remove the spare when needed.

Two original screws keep that flap in place and it looks great and now I have a spare with no loss of trunk space.

Took me around 9 hours and $65 in screws, hinges, drill bits, etc...

The spare tire cost me $125 shipped on ebay and the jack was $45 shipped.

So just about $235 total.

Sal

And by the way that nissan leaf pump and flat fix got tossed into some cabinet in the garage this morning, it's not going back in the car. It's a total joke!

Bateman wrote:Very cool. Looks better designed than the factory solution on the Australia cars!

Thanks!

My next door neighbor suggested I should add some grease to those 3/8" bolts that hold up the spare tire, so I just did that and I added one more touch, I removed the factory screws and added two security hex screws.

TonyWilliams wrote:Simple and well done, although I don't want to crawl under the car to get the tire!!

Now that I installed the spare tire I may never need it! LOL

lion wrote:This is awesome, nice job!

I'll have to watch this thread, and see if you still like this setup in a few months.

Do you have the specs of the tire/wheel you purchased (or a link to the original auction)? Did you verify the wheel fits/drives ok?

Thanks. I did try it out and it worked fine but I was told that I can only use it on the back. So if I have a flat in the front then I'll have to put this spare on the back and take the good rear tire and put it on the front.

I was told by somebody on this forum (i can't remember where) that since I have the 17" wheels that I can't put the 16" donut up front

Nope, no reason you can't do that. If somebody is referring to the outside diameter difference between the two tires (if any), I wouldn't worry about it. The gear box "differential" in the car will handle that just fine for the limited amount of driving you'll do on the spare.